Thoughtful-Christian-Islam-Session-watermarked

Where did Islam originate? What do Muslims believe? What similarities and differences are there between Christianity and Islam? How can Christians and Muslims best relate to one another?

Introduction
No argument is needed for the importance of understanding Islam. That great religion occupies the attention of the world as never before in modern times. The thoughtful Christian seeks to get behind the sensational headlines, the biased stereotypes, and the polemics that so often characterize the treatment of Islam in the media. A Christian perspective on the subject will take into account what the people of Islam say about their faith and will seek humbly to understand
how believers in Christianity and believers in Islam can best relate to one another. As a beginning, we ask five simple questions and thus make our way into the heart of the subject: (1) When did Islam begin? (2) Where did it begin? (3) Who was its founding figure? (4) How did Islam begin? (5) Why did it come into existence? The other units of this series have to do with Islam’s beliefs and practices, the extent of its spread in the world, and the possibilities for fruitful relationships between the people of Islam and those of Christianity.